Death

Yes, a morbid place to start. I think about death a lot, I look forward to the rest.

I am currently reading a book by Mary Roach entitled "Stiff." It delves into the lives of human bodies after death. There is a whole new world of possibility that opens up after one is deceased. It is unfortunate we are ignorant of the good we can do with our "tents of flesh" once we are done with them.

I was watching a TV show with my wife and we brought us the issue of dating after one of us dies (tsk tsk, the things involved in today's newlyweds' quality time leave much to be desired huh?). A co-worker took it further and we discussed body-donation, do-not-rescucitate orders and the like. How badly hurt do I want to be before I can give a DNR order? If I do not do it beforehand, it will be too late, hence defeating my whole purpose of doing so (I would like to save my wife the pain of watching or waiting for me to die and the emotional 'he's better-he's worse' yo-yo.) What should be done with my body after I die? It is never too early or late to have this hashed out. Working in medicine, I know how fragile life is.

Bad start to a blog probably, we will see how it goes.